ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162370
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| Date: | 18-NOV-2013 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  ICP Savannah VG XL |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 24-7787 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Mungerannie Station, near Moomba, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mungerannie Station, SA |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
In response to an activated Emergency Locater Transmitter (ELT) beacon, the aircraft and sole deceased occupant were located near Moomba in the South Australian outback on Monday, November 18, 2013.
According to the summary of the official ATSB investigation into the incident:
"On 18 November 2013, an ICP Savannah aircraft, registration 24-7787, collided with terrain near Moomba, South Australia. The pilot and sole occupant was fatally injured.
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) is assisting the South Australian Police Service with their investigation of this accident. RA-Aus requested technical assistance from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) in the download of data from a portable Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation device from the aircraft. To facilitate this work and provide appropriate protections for the recovered data, the ATSB initiated an investigation under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.
The AvMap Navigation GPS unit recorded the parameters date, time, latitude, longitude and altitude at a 5 second frequency. A total of 7 flights were successfully recovered from the unit including the accident flight. This data was provided to RA-Aus on 14 January 2014."
The deceased pilot has been identified as Luke Betts, 33, of Mungerannie, SA. According to unsubstantiated reports, the aircraft stalled and crashed whilst manoeuvring at low leval, during cattle mustering operations.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/11/19/08/48/a-sa-pilot-has-died-in-light-plane-crash]
2. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/528077-fatal-crash-near-moomba.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICP_Savannah
4. http://www.aerokits.net.au
5. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ae-2013-222.aspx
6. http://flysafe.raa.asn.au/admin/aircraft_database_datereg.html
7. http://www.raa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Progress-Report-No.-37.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomba,_South_Australia
9. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/mungerannie-man-33-dies-when-light-plane-crashes-near-moomba/story-fnii5yv6-1226763030777
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2013 00:05 | Geno | Added |
| 08-Dec-2013 04:09 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Damage] |
| 26-Mar-2014 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2014 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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